Brookline Hills station explained

Brookline Hills
Style:MBTA
Style2:Green
Address:Tappan Street at Cypress Street
Coordinates:42.3314°N -71.1267°W
Other: MBTA bus:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:9 spaces
Bicycle:6 spaces
Passengers:1,225 (daily average)
Pass Year:2013
Opened:July 4, 1959
Rebuilt:April 12, 2021–January 8, 2022
Accessible:Yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail-light
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Brookline Hills station is a light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line D branch in the Brookline Hills neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts. The station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. It was closed from April 2021 to January 2022 as part of adjacent construction on a Brookline High School building, which included renovations to make the station accessible.

History

The Brookline Branch of the Boston and Worcester Railroad was extended west to Newton Upper Falls by the Charles River Branch Railroad in November 1852. Cypress Street station – later Brookline Hills – was added after 1858.[1]

After 1886, loop service was run on the Highland branch via what is now the Framingham/Worcester Line, and later via the Needham Line. In March 1892, a new station designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge was opened.[2] [3]

The station agent was removed in May 1949, but the station building remained in use as shelter for passengers.[4] The final trains on the line ran on May 31, 1958. The line was converted to light rail by the M.T.A. and Brookline Hills reopened on July 4, 1959, along with the rest of the D branch. The 1892 depot is no longer extant.

Accessibility

In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. Brookline Hills was not among those initially outfitted with portable lifts, nor was it retrofitted with raised platforms.[5] [6] However, portable lifts were installed by 2003.[7]

Around 2006, the MBTA added wooden mini-high platforms on both platforms, allowing level boarding on older Type 7 LRVs. These platforms were installed at eight Green Line stations in 2006–07 as part of the settlement of Joanne Daniels-Finegold, et al. v. MBTA.[8] [9]

The station was renovated with fully accessible platforms as part of an expansion of Brookline High School, which included a new school building partially over the eastern end of the platforms.[10] Construction began in late 2019; the station closed on April 12, 2021 for the final phase.[11] [12] [13] The renovated station opened on January 8, 2022.[14] [15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: ABC Pathfinder Railway Guide . 12 . 1858 . New England Railway Publishing Company . Google Books.
  2. Web site: Appendix VI: The Brookline projects of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge . Community by Design: The Role of the Frederick Law Olmsted Office in the Suburbanization of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1880 to 1936 . Morgan, Keith N. . Cushing, Elizabeth Hope . Reed, Roger . Boston University . 2009 . 18 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031832/http://www.bu.edu/av/ah/fall2009/keith/Appendix%20VIandVII.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  3. 990324 . Architecture for the Boston & Albany Railroad: 1881-1894 . Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians . Jeffrey Karl . Ochsner . 47 . 2 . June 1988 . 10.2307/990324 . 130.
  4. News: B. & A Drops 4 Station Agents, 4 Sunday Trains . Boston Globe . May 10, 1949 . 24 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120220063458/http://www.bostonmpo.org/bostonmpo/pmt-old/PMT-1.pdf . February 20, 2012 . Executive Summary . Program of Mass Transportation . January 2004 . Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization . 2-9.
  6. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20010701041753/http://www.mbta.com/text-only/schedmaps/map/map.pdf . July 1, 2001 . Subway Map . 2001 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  7. Book: https://archive.org/stream/ridershipservice2003mass#page/n45/mode/2up . Ridership and Service Statistics . 2.19 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . October 2003 . Subway Service . Internet Archive.
  8. Web site: Settlement Agreement . Joanne Daniels-Finegold et al. v. MBTA . April 10, 2006 . 10–11.
  9. Web site: Green Line Stations Upgraded to Improve Accessibility . https://web.archive.org/web/20110116153104/http://ctps.org/bostonmpo/4_resources/2_transreport/archive/trpt0607.pdf . June 2007 . TRANSReport . Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization . January 16, 2011.
  10. Web site: BHS EXPANSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING . April 22, 2019 . Town of Brookline.
  11. Web site: System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—November 2020 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility . Laura . Brelsford . November 30, 2020 . 4.
  12. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20210424083055/https://www.mbta.com/alerts/subway . April 24, 2021 . Alerts: Subway . April 12, 2021 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . April 24, 2021 . dead .
  13. Web site: System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2021 . December 2021 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility . 4.
  14. Web site: Alerts: Green Line D . https://web.archive.org/web/20220107210604/https://www.mbta.com/schedules/Green-D/alerts . January 7, 2022 . January 7, 2022 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  15. Web site: Brookline Hills Station Accessibility Improvements . January 10, 2022 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

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